The sunshine dreaming upon Salmon's heightIs not so sweet and whiteAs the most heretofore sin-spotted SoulThat darts to its delightStraight from the absolution of a faithful fight.

To one who waits, all things reveal themselves so long as you have the courage not to deny in the darkness what you have seen in the light.

A saint is a person who does almost everything any other decent person does, only somewhat better and with a totally different motive.

One fool will deny more truth in half an hour than a wise man can prove in seven years.

Ah, whither shall a maiden flee, When a bold youth so swift pursues, And siege of tenderest courtesy, With hope perseverant, still renews!

Great is his faith who dares believe his own eyes.

It is one thing to be blind, and another to be in darkness.

A woman is a foreign land.

Ask abundantly, for the measure of your asking shall be that of your receiving.

The promises of God are samples of what is promised; as a handful of wheat is of the barn.

Every evil is some good spelt backwards, and in it the wise know how to read Wisdom.

[E]very journey is played out between standstill and flight.

My heart will still ache sometimes. Maybe more often than not. I think it's possible to be healed without feeling whole.

The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.

Sleeping alone seemed unnatural to me, and pitiful, something done in hospitals or when you're contagious.

We must put aside all judgment of our own, and keep the mind ever ready and prompt to obey in all things the true Spouse of Christ our Lord, our holy Mother, the hierarchical Church.

To say goodbye is not to develop amnesia

Im a popcorn fanatic. No matter how full I am, I can eat popcorn.

Prayer is an effort of will.

I'm a democrat - I don't support Bush, I don't support Blair, I don't support Bin Laden.

Anything I sing is supposed to be genuine. It's not supposed to be make-believe or I'm making something for the crowd to jump or to hold up their hands.